TPL Home
Tuscaloosa Public Library

Reference | Library Catalog | Alabama Virtual Library | Phone | Hours | Directions | Holidays

Legal Resources

Alabama

Alabama Legal Services - provides qualifying low-income families with legal aid and assistance in civil matters. 
Alabama State Bar Lawyer Referral Service - For people who can afford to pay a lawyer. Those who cannot should call the Volunteer Lawyers Program or Legal Services.
Alabama State Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program Clients include low-income persons who cannot afford an attorney's fees. 

General Legal Resources 

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law   Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disabilities.
Everybody's Legal Dictionary
FindLaw - FindLaw is a Web site that provides a comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail. 
Free Legal Advice ...up to a point. A leading legal site for consumers and small businesses. It provides general legal information to help people understand their legal rights in 125+ legal topics. 
How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
Internet Legal Resources, from William Mitchell College of Law.
Internet Public Library: Law - the Internet Public Library's list of law related Web links. 
Law Dictionary from Law.com.
Lawsource.com - "links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada."
Legal Encyclopedia
Legal Information Institute
What Else Can I Do for a Patron with a Legal Question?  A resource guide provided by the M.G. Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington. 
Nolo - Website for the publisher of the Nolo legal guides. Free Web resources (Law Dictionary, Legal Encyclopedia, Mortgage Calculator, etc.) 

Municipal Code Sources 
City of Tuscaloosa Municipal Code
Municipal Codes Online from the Seattle Public Library. This page provides Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the Web. 

State Code Sources 
Alabama Legislative Information System Online (ALISON)
Code Of Alabama - These are the Alabama statutes, as updated to January, 1999. The Code is presented by Title, in a frame format, in order to provide ease of navigation between Sections within each Title. 
State and Federal Codes and Regs - National Association of Secretaries of State links to federal and state codes and regulations. View all the offerings of every state on one table. 
Full-text State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet - This page seeks to link to sites containing full-text state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments and similar documents), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules.

Federal Code Source 
United States Code - Provides searchable access to the U.S. Code.  Provided by the Cornell Law Library of the Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY.

Court Information 
Administrative Office of Courts  The Administrative Office of Courts (AOC) of the Alabama Unified Judicial System's Website.  The purpose of this website is to keep the user informed about Alabama's Court System- its people, policies, events, and legal issues. They also provide access to a wide variety information for those in the Alabama legal community. 
Recent Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions - Supreme Court of Alabama decisions .
Alabama Supreme Court Opinions from Findlaw. 
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
Finding Court Opinions on the Web from The National Law Journal 

Bar Associations
Alabama State Bar
Alabama Local and Specialty Bar Organizations and Associations
State and Local Bar Associations - an index of state and county bar and legal associations around the United States 

Federal (Legislative) Information 
THOMAS -- Legislative Information on the Internet - The Library of Congress's Website for Legislative information.  Up-to-the-minute information on U.S Congress, bills, committees, and hearings. 

Law Library Web Resources

Bounds Law Library at the University of Alabama School of Law 
Bounds Law Library, Research Links -- Links page of the Bounds Law Library links to publicly available Internet materials related to Alabama law. 
Legal Research Encyclopedia - Good breakdown of free and fee-based online offerings.  Provided by the Cornell Law Library of the Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. 

Directories of Lawyers
Lawyers - Attorneys - Law Firms (West Law's Lawyer Directory through FindLaw )
Martindale-Hubbel Law Directory Online  The authoritative source for information on the legal profession, including Lawyer Locator, Dispute Resolution, Experts and Services, Legal Personnel, Legal Careers, Professional Resources.

Legal Forms 
All Law - Forms Provides access to fill in the blank legal forms. 
Legal Forms from AllAboutForms
 


Patron Record | Suggestions | Reference